Answer:They all have ads or articles in the December 2012 issue of "Texas Highways."

El Paso?

George Laswell

Upper Valley

Free to run

Hello, El Paso!

Stephanie Townsend Allala!

I believe El Pasoans have now been introduced to our latest individual with political aspirations, attacking the city as her platform.

The beauty of this country is the ability for anyone to run for public office. I just might not recommend the Theresa Caballero approach, but welcome it nonetheless.

Tres Lilly

West El Paso

Don't blame me

Congrats, America. Your recent presidential and other votes are dumbfounding. Your recent presidential and other votes are dumbfounding.

How can you expect anything to change if the situation that created the problem in the first place is voted for again?

Man, don't blame me.

Wade Clements

East El Paso

Maintaining Asarco

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The letter posted by Howard Wong on Oct. 21 concerning the Asarco site can be considered debatable.

He does bring up interesting points dealing with the price that will be placed on the maintenance of the site.

The amount estimated of $14 million can be useful in other areas of the city in order to make it more attractive to tourists, but that amount is not compatible to the cost of doing the ongoing overall cleanup.

Asarco's smokestack is a very important aspect of El Paso and its history. Officials say the total cleanup will cost $52 million.

There is a probability that it would be more harmful to take the smokestack down due to the residue it may contain.

Even though the city has been doing studies on the matter, the contamination from the cleanup can harm the environment.

Ideas to preserve the smokestack can be considered very useful since it will be showcased and will help preserve some history.

Ilse Herrera

West El Paso

Religious beliefs

A letter to the editor, "Religious beliefs," calls for leaders of all those who are religious to note the subtle changes being forced upon us to stand up to defend our values, beliefs and practices.

But, changes are not only coming from liberal political leaders, but from some of our own religious leaders, especially in the American Catholic religion.

There is an ultra-liberal Catholic newspaper that has been working to transform Catholicism into a benign, therapeutic religion that tolerates every type of lifestyle and theological teachings outside Holy Scripture, commandments, precepts, and statutes.

They want Catholics to feel at home in our secular society, Christ to be our best buddy and live in denial of the condition of sin.

Two out of three Catholics no longer believe in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. The Catholic religion is the triumph of faith wedded to reason, in the light of truth.

John Paul II once said faith without reason leads to superstition, while reason without faith leads to a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded.

Jesus Manuel Valenzuela

Anthony, N.M.

Coronado Band

What a wonderful time my family and I had at the Montwood vs. Coronado high-school game recently.

While my wife and I are supporters of the Montwood football team, I was amazed at the quality of the Coronado Marching Band, and their cheerleaders and dancers.

The band played upbeat music during the game, which could be heard across the football field, and actually sounded very professional.

The pre-game show was excellent and patriotic; it depicted a soldier away at war and his return to his family. This is so meaningful here in El Paso with the large number of soldiers stationed at Fort Bliss.

I could relate to the musical program as I had to stay at home while my wife went to Desert Storm.

Thank you, Coronado High.

It was the best and most interesting show I have seen on the Socorro Activities Complex field.

The band director and cheerleader coach. and all their members, should be very proud.

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